Ang Bagong Bayani vs COMELEC, et al Facts: In a consolidated petition before the Court, Ang Bagong Bayani et al were essentially

challenging the approved participation of 154 organizations and parties in the 2001 party-list elections. Petitioners seeks the disqualification of private respondents, arguing mainly that the party list system was intended to benefit the marginalized and underrepresented, not the mainstream political parties, the non-marginalized or overrepresented. Issue: Whether or not political parties, even major ones may participate in party-list election. Held: The Supreme Court ruled that the law seeks to encourage participation as varied and as wide as possible. It avers that the Constitution has not been discriminatory in the qualifications to participate in the party list system and indubitably, therefore, political parties even major ones may participate in party list elections.